Skip to main content

Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Letter signed Annie, Camp near Laramie. to Ma, Liberty, Mo. 4 pg. Tells of conditions of trails, animals; many have cholera; news of children; Col. Loring arrested Maj. Crittenden due to drunkenness and placed Charlie in command; expect to reach Fort Hall in a month; tells of families and individuals facing sickness and other hardships who have been abandoned by their parties. (Kelly, p. 109), 1849 June 24

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The family papers primarily include letters written and received by Annie E. Ruff, husband Charles F. Ruff, and several family members; some business and political correspondence and also land documents that belonged to John Dougherty; and two photographs. The papers are arranged chronologically. The collection dates from 1836 to circa 1890, with the bulk of the items dating from 1842 to 1850. There are several gaps in the correspondence: July 1851-1852, 1855, 1857-1864, 1867-1880,...
Dates: 1849 June 24